Return of Saturday Sips + Saturday Sips Review Package: Lake Garda’s Version of Amarone & Valpolicella – The Wines of Comincioli

Saturday Sips is back! We are applying in-store tasting protocols to ensure everyone stays safe and will limit the number of people tasting at any given time and adhere to proper social-distancing using assigned tasting spots marked on the floor….

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Posted on 2020.09.30 in Saturday Sips Wines, Italy, Lombardy  |  Read more...

New Vintage Comincioli — Rich and Pure Italian Wines from the Shores of Lake Garda

Although published in 1990 and out-of-print, Burton Anderson’s The Wine Atlas of Italy still offers some of the most insightful observations on Italian wine to be found anywhere. Almost 30 years ago his take on Azienda Agricola…

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Posted on 2019.10.10 in Saturday Sips Wines, Italy, Lombardy  |  Read more...

Crowd-Pleasing Italian White from the Shores of Lake Garda

Ottella “Molceo” (Lugana Riserva 2015) White Special 6-pack Price: $145 (~$24/bottle) SOLD OUT Comprehending Italian grape varieties and regions can sometimes be a bit of a puzzle, but it’s usually entertaining. Lugana is one of the few Italian appellations that crosses…

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Posted on 2019.03.20 in Saturday Sips Wines, Italy, Lombardy  |  Read more...

Stunning Wines from Italy’s Lake Garda

There is value almost everywhere you look if you know how to spot it. In this case, value lies in the unheralded agricultural region on the glacial morainic slopes of Lake Garda, in the Valtènesi sub-zone distinguished by superior exposure…

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Posted on 2018.05.16 in Saturday Sips Wines, Italy, Lombardy  |  Read more...

Legendary Italian Pinot Noir

Frecciarossa “Giorgio Odero” Pinot Nero (Oltrepò Pavese, 2010) ~$35/bottle If you’ve spent any time at Elie Wine Company you’ve browsed our vast selection of red Burgundy. You know that we know good Pinot Noir. No other Italian wine zone produces…

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Posted on 2015.11.11 in Saturday Sips Wines, Italy, Lombardy  |  Read more...

Sandro Fay “Cà Moréi” (Valtellina Superiore Valgella 2011)

$40/bottle – SOLD OUT Less than 20 miles from the border of Switzerland, the upper Adda valley of Lombardy is a unique habitat for Italy’s northernmost wines produced from the Nebbiolo grape variety (locally known as Chiavennasca). The Valtellina…

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Posted on 2015.06.10 in Italy, Lombardy  |  Read more...